ROLL OF HONOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24294, 8 June 1942, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR

AIR FORCE LOSSES NINE PILOTS MISSING THREE PRISONERS TRACED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sunday Tlis following members of the lloyal New Zealand Air Force serving overseas have been reported as casualties, all being of the rank of sergeant unless otherwise stated: — Knoblooh, Reginald Eric (Flight*Sgt.), of Waipukurau, previously reported missing, now reclassified missing, believed killed. Browne, Stanley Franklin, missing on operations —xi rS- E. M. Browne, Wellington miother). Douglas Gordon, missing on operations —Mrs. R. M. Cookson, Christcliurch (mother). Dunk lev, Keith Arthur, missinc on operations—Mr. E. H. Dunkley, Oamaru (father). Guthrie Trevor Alexander, missing on operations—Mrs. L. Guthrie. Wanganui i (mother;. Harkness, Donald Joseph (Acting-Sfjuadron-Leadcr), D.F.C.. imssinir on operations— Mr. (i. I'. Harkness, Midhurst (father). Hill.ver, Peter Gordon, dangerously injured in aircraft accident —Mrs. M. Hlllyer. . Paraparauinu (mother). King. Douglas George (Pilot-Officer), missing on operations—Mr. A. J. King, ! Palmerston North (father), i Kirke, Frank Skipwith (Flight-Sgt.). of Wellington, previously reported missing, be- ' lieved prisoner, now confirmed as prisoner. i McKay. Lachlan (Flight-Sgt.), of Waipawa, previously reported missing, now reclassified prisoner of war. ' McKenna. Conal Francis, missing on operalions—Mr. I'. S. McKenna. Patea (father). i Mulligan. Walter Barton (Pilot-Officer), missing on operations—Mrs. S. Mulligan, 1 Wellington (mother). < Sharp. Selwyn Hamilton, of Auckland, pre- ; viously reported missing, now reclassified prisoner of war. REPORTED MISSING GUNNER FROM HAMILTON (0.C.1 HAMILTON. Sunday Advice has been received by Mrs. A. X. Hey worth. of Hamilton, that her ! son. Gunner William Heyworth, a member of the Australian Imperial Forces, •j lias been reported missing following the i Malayan campaign. Gunner Hej'worth i was well known in Hamilton andMatamata. He left for Australia four years i ago. ! WOMEN FOR SERVICES FAILURE TO REGISTER MANY CASES IN BRITAIN : LONDON, Mar. 31 All women in Britain who have ■ ievaded their obligation to register for 1 national service are being rounded up. Police action, where necessary, is to be taken, says the Daily Mail. When the compulsory schema was introduced, the Government apparently considered that the patriotism of women would ensure voluntarily a 100 per cent response. The authorities were mistaken. A test examination of the response to the call-up of the 1919-20 class (the 22-year-olds), showed so many women v. ho failed to register that a similar test was ordered in the cases of all other age groups called so far. This is being completed in local Ministry of Labour offices, and lists of defaulters compiled. Women whose names appear on them may be subject to severe penalties. They will receive a stern letter demanding their immediate attendance at the local registration centre and an explanation of their previous default. The names of those who fail to comply (including those on the National Register who may have moved without notifying a change of address) will be handed to the police for investigation and action, including arrest, j Local officials responsible for the I registrations are ulso pressing for j greater stringency_ in future call-ups. j Many women hare'postponed registra 1 tion on the flimsiest of excuses. ■ ESCAPE FROM U-BOATS ; UNITED STATES DESTROYER SYDNEY, June 3 i The battered old American destroyer > Blakeley has survived a second U-boat ' attack and arrived at St. Lucia, British ' West Indies, reports the New York [ correspondent of the Sydney Sun. ; The Blakeley was torpedoed in an . encounter with a U-boat pack off Mar- ! tiuique, but managed to reach port after portion of her forward deck had been demolished. 1 A few days later she succeeded in crossing the narrow St. Lucia Channel, and was only a mile from the harbour when a submarine was discovered manoeuvring for a shot at what appeared to be a safe target. The Blakeley was then wallowing with jagged crumpled wreckage hanging over both sides, although the guns were manned and ready for a last fight. The Blakeley's escort went into action, and it is believed that the submarine was destroyed. IF GERMANY WON : MR. H. V. MORTON'S WARNING i LONDON, May 31 The noted writer Mr. H. V. Morton, • who has written of the essential Eng- > land so well, depicts a very different i England in his new little" book, just published in London. "I, James .Blunt" - is the imaginary but very realistic ; diary of a retired shopkeeper in a Surr, rev village some months after Britain's defeat in May, 1944. It is terrible reading, the more so for . its quiet, matter-of-fact tone, and it j cannot be said to be overdone if a German victory is assumed. 1 Blunt visits London, arriving at Goehbels" (late Waterloo) station, walking up the Strand to "Hitler Square," and being shoved off the pavement by a monacled leutnant. Perhaps the grimmest fancy is that I of the Hitlerising of Blunt's grand- . children in the village school. The little 5 girl tells him. "Only si H - children say , prayers, grandpa." DYNAMITE EXPERTS PATH OF SCORCHED EARTH SYDNEY, June 3 American experts who used dynamite to scorch the earth in the path of the Japanese in the Far Fast are now out of a job, reports the Sydney Sun's New York correspondent. Their group has been disbanded, American sources at Kunming, China, have advised Washington. They are able to destroy a track in three minutes, a bridge in a quarter of an hour. Some of the men. who have returned to Kunming, hardly closed their eyes for a fortnight. They destroyed the Balik Papan ("Borneo) oilfields, they wont to Java, and then to Burma. ' They destroyed 2000 trucks in two hours at Rangoon, and after that always kept a few miles ahead of Japanese spearheads. i SACRED HEART OLD BOYS Tho annual reunion of the Sacred Heart College Old Boys' Association was held 011 Saturday and Sunday. A social was held 011 Saturday evening, at which reference was made to old hoys serving in the forces, those who had been killed and those who had received decorations. The annual Mass yesterday was celebrated by the Rev. G. Marinovich. it ivas followed by the usual luncheon, at which Mr. J. D. Foote presided. The Rev. Dr. Delargey and the Rev. Brother Louis, Brother Provincial of the Marist Brothers, were guests at the luncheon. .